Total Crime Rate
94.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hazel Hill Crescent area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bestwood , and the 459th highest crime rate of 939 local areas in Nottingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hazel Hill Crescent (NG5 5NJ) in the last 12 months was 94.6 per 1,000 residents and was 22.2% lower than the Bestwood average (121.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 53.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hazel Hill Crescent (NG5 5NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 243 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Winterton Gardens (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bestwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chediston Vale | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmbridge | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chediston Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Ash Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wendling Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendling Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wendling Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rose Ash Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairlight Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rose Ash Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shoreswood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Amber Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Amber Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairlight Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ketton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goathland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goathland Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ketton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pedmore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blyton Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Amber Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winterton Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Amber Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Twycross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazel Hill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hazel Hill Crescent | Under investigation |
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